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AFI Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Diane KeatonHollywood’s elite gathered to toast Diane Keaton last week, and the star-studded event is being broadcast so we can all celebrate the Annie Hall actress. Among the highlights are Meryl Streep in her best Keaton-inspired duds; tributes from the likes of Al Pacino and Jane Fonda; and a surprise kiss between Steve Martin and Martin Short. Join our live TV chat at Facebook.com/usatodaylife on Monday, 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT The Tunnel: SabotageThe acclaimed British crime drama, which stars Clémence Poésy (Harry Potter) and Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones), returns for a second season on PBS. This time around, Commander Elise Wasserman (Poésy) and DCI Karl Roebuck (Dillane) are called to investigate an abduction from the Eurotunnel, which is further complicated by a plane that crashes into the English Channel, killing its British and French passengers. The Day After TomorrowThe summer box office offers its … [Read more...] about TV tonight: AFI salute to Diane Keaton, ‘The Tunnel’ debuts

Although Jasmine Waltz is best known for bonking David Arquette during his marriage to Courteney Cox, it turns out she does have an acting career of sorts. In today's issue of Steppin' Out magazine, Chaunce Hayden reveals that Waltz once starred as herself in web ads for Passion.com, a site owned by Penthouse Magazine. A source tells us the site is akin to "a dirtier version of eHarmony.com" where people can go for hookups. As for Cox's soon-to-be ex-hubby, he'll be in New York City tonight as a special guest at the Gentlemen's Ball, hosted by GQ. Oh, the irony. At least we think it's irony.The launching of "Driving Miss Daisy" on Monday brought out Hugh Jackman, Barbara Walters, Mario Cantone, Jamie-Lynn Sigler and a whole lot of Brooke Shields tears. At the opening-night party at the Plaza Hotel, just hours before Charlie Sheen got extremely emotional in a room upstairs, Shields tearily called the production "so beautiful and so touching and so simple," then rushed off to compose … [Read more...] about David Arquette’s lady-friend Jasmine Waltz is an actress – kind of – on Passion.com site

JOHANNESBURG - The indignities never stop for Thierry Henry, the French star who is likely destined for MLS and the Red Bulls at the completion of this World Cup. Henry, 32, who saw very limited action for Barcelona toward the end of this past season, didn't start for France against Uruguay Friday. Instead, coach Raymond Domenech placed Sidney Govou alongside Franck Ribery at forward as France drew with Uruguay, 0-0, in a Group A match. Henry finally entered in the 72nd minute, too late to score but not too late to cause some havoc in the box. On one play, he nearly earned a penalty kick with a bouncing shot off a Uruguayan's elbow. As time ran out, he took a final direct kick from 30 yards away that bounced harmlessly off the wall of Uruguay players. Henry was a key performer for France at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, scoring three goals, including the winner that knocked out Brazil. Friday, Govou missed from in front of the net early in the match. NOT ENOUGH … [Read more...] about Thierry Henry starts World Cup opener on bench as France only manages 0-0 tie against Uruguay

Anyone who has listened at all to New York sports radio over the years needs to pause a moment to mark the passing of Bill Chadwick, who died Saturday at 94. Chadwick, better known as "The Big Whistle" or just "The Whistle," called Rangers hockey games for years, on radio with Marv Albert and on TV with Jim Gordon. He was everything a radio school would tell you you don't want in a broadcaster. He mangled names. He tortured grammar. He rooted as hard for the Rangers as any nut in the blue seats. He was great. He was great because none of it had that studied, artificial feel of announcers who sound as if they practice their calls. With the Whistle, a Hall of Fame NHL referee before he turned to broadcasting, it just came out. I remember sitting next to Chadwick in the press box one night in the late '70s at a Rangers-Islanders playoff game. The Islanders scored a late goal to win. He grabbed his full coffee cup, wheeled around in his chair and threw it at the wall … [Read more...] about New York Rangers radio and TV announcer ‘Big Whistle’ Bill Chadwick was unorthodox but great

The McCain-Palin hair-and-makeup crew has some colorful roots in the worlds of celebrity and politics. McCain's personal makeup gal, Tifanie White has coiffed contestants on "So You Think You Can Dance?" and "American Idol," two of TV's hottest reality shows. Some of White's other makeovers have appeared on "The Tonight Show," "Larry King Live" and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." Her rise up the powder-room ladder was apparently boosted by Amy Strozzi, who is listed as the makeup department head at "So You Think you Can Dance?" Strozzi is now the vice presidential nominee's makeup maven. She has a long string of credits, most of them related to "So you Think You Can Dance?" "We're encouraged to think out of the box," Strozzi said of her work on the show. "We're trying to do something that's different, that's never been done before." She's also gussied up guests on "The Late Late Show" with Craig Ferguson, and done the same on a string of B-list flicks. For … [Read more...] about GOP relies on top makeup artists to help McCain and Palin look their best

Audio slideshow: Vic Ziegel on 'The Scooter'So there I was, sitting in the press box at Yankee Stadium, the old tin press box, no roof, no windows, no heaters, and when the wind was blowing it was like being on a peak in Nepal. This was the 1968 season, when baseball got the bright idea of raising the pitcher's mound because somebody in the commissioner's office was in love with 1-0 games. A lot of people didn't like it and I'm guessing one of them was Phil Rizzuto. The Yanks were playing a doubleheader and Phil - how do you call a guy in his second half-century Scooter? - asked me to go on the radio between games. "I'm gonna start off with a question about the higher mound," he said. "So get ready. The high mound, got it?" The high mound, I got it. And then Rizzuto was introducing me. "Vic, what do you think about Mickey's chances of hitting 30 homers?" My answer was "No, I don't think he can make it, Phil, and one good reason is the new higher mound." Rizzuto didn't … [Read more...] about A funny thing happened on the way to Cooperstown

SPECIALS 9 p.m. (CBS) "Movies Rock: A Celebration of Music in Film." Having had success in the past with a special that featured music in fashion, this time around CBS pairs music and films, and rolls out a huge list of big-name stars. Beyoncé, Busta Rhymes, Nicole Scherzinger, Jennifer Hudson and Chris Brown are just a few of the performers in this special, with Billy Bob Thornton, Charlize Theron and Molly Sims among the presenters. 10 (NGEO) "Christmas Out of the Box." The National Geographic Channel has put together a collection of segments on how Christmas got to be what it is today, from the evolution of Santa's role to the ways you are lured into stores to buy stuff. 10 (CMT) "Crossroads." Country star LeAnn Rimes and R&B favorite Joss Stone perform each other's songs and sing together in CMT's continuing series of concert specials that pair stars from different genres. SERIES 8 p.m. (NBC) "Deal or No Deal." Baby it's cold outside. And the creative producers at NBC's … [Read more...] about What’s on TV tonight

Inside a hot, cramped studio in Manhattan, 22-year-old Laura Lee is bumping and grinding in her underwear before a video camera while a pop song blares from a tiny boom box. As the song nears its end, a man tells Lee it's time to take off her bra. She complies, gyrates topless to the music, and just like that, her audition is over. No, Lee isn't trying out for a stripper job at Scores. Nor is the pretty young blond, an aspiring actress from Worcester, Pa., vying to be the new Jenna Jameson. Like a half dozen other hopefuls gathered in the W. 24th St. studio, Lee is simply hoping her naked dancing is deemed worthy to be featured on "Pants-Off Dance-Off," the cult TV show that's all about ... naked dancing. Kicking off its second season tonight at 10 on the Fuse cable channel, "Pants-Off Dance-Off" has been deemed "the dumbest show on television" by TV Guide - and it's a title the interactive game show wears proudly. "The show is just so much fun," says actress Jodie Sweetin … [Read more...] about THE NAKED TRUTH.
Average folks grin & bare it on TV cult ‘Pants-Off Dance-Off’

TOP CHEF Tonight at 11, Bravo 2 Stars Even though most of the world likes to eat food, and the Food Network proves we also like to watch food on TV, a "reality"-style competition among professional chefs has some inherent problems that are tough to surmount. Tonight's premiere for the second season of Bravo's "Top Chef," while it has its charms, doesn't entirely manage to do it. One problem, perhaps ironically, lies with the food itself. Because the competitors are described as "15 of the nation's hottest rising chefs," they obviously aren't going to be fixing macaroni and cheese or the kind of quick family dinners that draw viewers to a Rachael Ray show. For the big challenge on tonight's show, they're given boxes of frog legs, chicken livers, corn flakes and peanut butter. Their task is to create a dish that incorporates these ingredients in a manner tasty and stylish enough that a restaurant patron would pay $15 to eat it. How each of the contestants approaches … [Read more...] about ‘TOP CHEF 2’ ON A LOW BOIL

For 30 years, it was known as "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. " For the past 14 years, it's been "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. " That subtle difference - "starring" replaced by "with" - says a lot about Leno. Though he makes millions and is one of the most recognizable figures in show business, he is essentially the nice guy next door who just happens to headline the most popular show on late-night television. Where Carson was distant, Leno craves contact with his fans. He shakes their hands at the start of a telecast. And he's still trying out material on them - Saturday, he'll do two shows at Caesars to satisfy his appetite for live standup. "I just love doing it," he says during a break in preparing a monologue. "On the show, you wrap up the day's news in a few minutes. At places like Caesars, you can expand it into more than an hour. On TV, everything has to move quickly. Onstage, you can touch on a whole lot of topical things. " While chatting with The … [Read more...] about LOTS MORE MR. NICE GUY. Jay Leno is still logging time on the road, including two shows at Caesars